TY - GEN
T1 - The economic impact of the biobased products industry
AU - Lewis, Elizabeth E.
AU - Werner, Arthur S.
AU - Hester, Charles I.
AU - Chu, Jennifer
AU - Golden, Jay S.
AU - Daystar, Jesse
AU - Handfield, Robert B.
AU - McConnell, Eric
AU - Buckhalt, Ron B.
AU - Wheat, Marie
N1 - Funding Information:
This analysis was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's BioPreferred Program under contract AG-3144-D-14-0291 with Amec Foster Wheeler. We wish to thank the dedicated research staff that contributed to this project at Duke University, North Carolina State University, and Amec Foster Wheeler, as well as the organizations and individuals that provided guidance and insights, without which this study would not have been possible.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Switching from conventional products to biobased products has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, reduce discharges of contaminated wastewater from refineries, and reduce solid waste sludge creation and disposal. In some cases, biobased products are byproducts of other production processes, made from recycled, reused, or reclaimed materials, and can replace products conventionally made using petroleum. An overview of the approach used to analyze the economic impacts of the biobased products industries is presented. The analysis depended on three major elements: establishing a database of relevant data and parameters reflecting the current state of the biobased economy through review of industry and sector specific reports; applying an accepted economics model to establish the economic outcomes related to the database to project aggregated outcomes by product sector; and conducting interviews with industry and trade groups to understand the drivers, challenges, and future growth of the biobased sector. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 108th AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition (Raleigh, NC 6/22-25/2015).
AB - Switching from conventional products to biobased products has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce air pollution, reduce discharges of contaminated wastewater from refineries, and reduce solid waste sludge creation and disposal. In some cases, biobased products are byproducts of other production processes, made from recycled, reused, or reclaimed materials, and can replace products conventionally made using petroleum. An overview of the approach used to analyze the economic impacts of the biobased products industries is presented. The analysis depended on three major elements: establishing a database of relevant data and parameters reflecting the current state of the biobased economy through review of industry and sector specific reports; applying an accepted economics model to establish the economic outcomes related to the database to project aggregated outcomes by product sector; and conducting interviews with industry and trade groups to understand the drivers, challenges, and future growth of the biobased sector. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 108th AWMA Annual Conference and Exhibition (Raleigh, NC 6/22-25/2015).
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84983565608
T3 - Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition, AWMA
SP - 2787
EP - 2791
BT - 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition, ACE 2015 - Connecting the Dots
PB - Air and Waste Management Association
T2 - 108th Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference and Exhibition - Connecting the Dots: Environmental Quality to Climate, ACE 2015
Y2 - 22 June 2015 through 25 June 2015
ER -